TrueCar has appointed the founder and former top executive of Asbury Automotive Group — whose background also includes executive roles with Chrysler, Ford and Subaru of America — to serve as a member of its board of directors. Named to the position today is Tom Gibson, who founded Asbury in 1994 and served as its […] [Read More]

When NADA Used Car Guide provided AuctionNet wholesale average price data to Auto Remarketing last week, all the segments it tracks were expected to experience slight declines by this past Friday. NADA Used Car Guide officials noted that slowing demand related to seasonality, as well as rapidly falling gasoline prices, are both contributing to wholesale […] [Read More]

If you think about it, fleet management companies and individual fleet managers seldom see the vehicles that those of us in remarketing focus on every day. The process is fairly formulaic: A dealer delivers the new unit to a driver; we arrange the pick-up of the old vehicle either from the dealer, a remote company […] [Read More]

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The National Automobile Dealers Association recently introduced what it’s calling a fully automated online energy usage survey as part of a national effort to understand energy consumption trends among dealerships in the United States. NADA explained that data derived from the survey will aid in the development of a national ENERGY STAR energy performance scale […] [Read More]

The rest of 2012 will likely see continued strength in used-car pricing, but there could be some “downward pressure” in the near future, according to the RVI Group. Explaining the anticipated strength in used prices for the remainder of the year, RVI said: “This is due to an expected increase in new-car competition and decrease […] [Read More]

Although its net earnings dropped 3.8 percent, CarMax increased its retail used sales volume by 3.5 percent year-over-year in the first quarter and pushed its total net sales and operating revenues up 3.5 percent, as well. The company sold 112,291 retail used vehicles during the quarter, compared to 108,511 sales in the year-ago period. Wholesale […] [Read More]